Smuggling Daming

On the grassland at sunset, a meandering river passes through the green grass. The clear river reflects the sky with golden white clouds. As the river flows quietly, a group of wild horses stand by the river and drink water. The long ponytail flicked gently, slapping the flies on his body, snorting comfortably from time to time, looking very leisurely.

The peaceful picture in front of me is very common on the grassland. If a few shepherds who returned from grazing are added, the whole picture will become more harmonious.But it is a pity that this peaceful scene was soon broken by a rush of horseshoes. The first to arrive at this river was a group of cavalry wearing excellent leather armor. These cavalry were well-equipped and unified. Knowing that it is not the grassland cavalry, but the Ming cavalry.

After the cavalry arrived at the river, they immediately patrolled along the river for several miles, and as a result, the horses and other animals drinking water by the river were scared and ran away.After the inspection, the cavalry sent people to rush in the direction they came from. After a while, a black line appeared on the grass in the south, and then a huge army appeared in front of them. On the prairie.

Zhengde was riding on a horse, looking at the mighty army around him, his heart was full of pride. During this period of time, he personally commanded this army of 7 people into the grassland. The cavalry, but they only ran away after harassing them, and did not dare to face the enemy head-on, and according to the news from the scouts in front, Duoyan Guard has no sign of retreating north now, which shows that Huadang may not intend to give up the big army. Ning, then it means that the other party is likely to start a big battle with them, and thus determine the ownership of the land under their feet.

Thinking that a big battle is coming soon, Zhengde couldn't help feeling a burst of excitement. He felt that he was born to be a general who belonged to the battlefield.In the last battle with the little prince of Tartar, he had a lot of luck, but after that battle, he has already discovered his own shortcomings, and his mentality has changed a lot.This also made him work hard to learn how to be a general. This march was a practical test for him, and up to now, the entire army has not made any mistakes under his command. Now Zhengde can proudly announce that .I am no longer the emperor who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, but a barely qualified general.

Just when Zhengde was thinking about something, suddenly a scout from the former army galloped over, and stopped in front of Zhengde to report: "General, we have already scoured the area for ten miles, and we have not found any enemy. In addition, there is a small river a few miles ahead, which can be used as a garrison for the army!"

"Very good, you have worked hard, go down and rest!" Zhengde commanded in a deep voice, the scout immediately clasped his fist at Zhengde, turned the horse's head and returned to the team, and then Zhengde ordered again. "The order is passed on, the whole army camps at the river ahead, but it is only three or four days away from Daning, so it can be said that it is already close to the core of Duoyan Guard, so the whole army is on guard tonight to prevent the enemy from sneaking in!"

"Obey!" The messenger agreed, and immediately conveyed Zhengde's order. When the army arrived at the river in front, the Ming army immediately began to camp on a high ground about one mile away from the river, according to Sun Tzu's Art of War.The camp of the army must not be adjacent to the river, this is mainly to prevent the enemy from attacking with water.In the same way, the army can't camp in a dense forest, otherwise it will be easy for the enemy to set fire to the camp. Liu Bei committed this at the beginning.As a result, the company was burned by the Wu army for [-] miles, which can be said to be a crushing defeat.

The frontier army is the most elite army in the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the sufficient military pay and weapons and equipment in the past few years, and the successive additions of military cadets, this makes the frontier army in the Ming Dynasty possess unparalleled discipline and self-awareness, so when Zhengde After the order to set up camp was issued, he didn't have to worry about it at all. All the troops in the army knew what they were going to do, so in a short while, a simple but well-defended camp appeared on the grassland. The first army fetched water from the river to cook, and after the camp was set up, the smell of food wafted from the camps, and it would not take long for the whole army to start cooking.

After seeing that the camps were set up, Zhengde did not go back to his tent to rest, but rode around the camps on horseback. This had almost become his habit. Are the soldiers doing their duty well, and have the weaknesses of the general camp been exposed?On the other hand, when the soldiers saw His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty appearing beside them, they would always feel refreshed and their morale would naturally rise.

After Zhengde inspected the entire camp, it was completely dark at this time, but the soldiers in the barracks did not immediately go back to the camp to sleep, but set up fires in units of teams, and the generals led their men The soldiers chatted or sang around the fire, and even begged the literate chief to write letters for them by the light of the fire. Way to stay in touch with family too.

What Zhengde likes most is the military camp at this time. Whenever he finished his inspection, Gu Dayong had already prepared a few clean fat sheep, and then grilled them on the fire. , would come to accompany Zhengde to eat meat and chat, and would sing and dance when they got up, and sometimes held wrestling competitions, and the warrior who could win would be rewarded with a sheep. It was rewarded by Zhengde himself, so everyone in the barracks was proud to be rewarded with mutton.

Originally, according to the previous marching method, the army was not allowed to have fun like this after dinner, and when the time came, all soldiers had to go to the tent to rest, let alone any noise. Everyone is immersed in the tension before the war, but it is also in this situation that it is easy to have a camp roar. At that time, everyone is like a wild beast, slashing and killing everyone around them frantically. Tragedy is not uncommon in military camps. Sometimes even a camp roar can cause the entire army to lose [-] to [-] percent of its strength. From this we can see that the camp roar is terrible.

Zhou Zhong, who came from later generations, just happened to know the reason for the formation of the camp roar. To put it bluntly, the military law in the military camp was harsh, especially before the war, everyone was worried about the fate of tomorrow, and they couldn't even guarantee whether they would survive tomorrow. In the extremely tense atmosphere, everyone is on the verge of psychological collapse, and in addition to being in the dark at night, people's hearts are even more fragile. As long as one person loses his mind and goes crazy, then this hysterical madness will spread throughout the entire military camp. Later, the unconscious people would kill everyone they saw, while the sober people even used it to avenge their own personal revenge in order to protect themselves, so a cruel melee broke out.

Knowing the cause of the camp roar, it is much easier to solve this problem. For example, like the current Ming army, after a tense march every day, everyone eats around the fire, and holds some singing after the meal. Recreational activities, coupled with the fact that Zhengde, the ninth-five-year-old emperor, personally visited the camp, all of these allowed the soldiers to relax their nervous nerves, and naturally it was impossible for the so-called camp roar to happen again.

But entertainment is entertainment, and Zhengde did not relax the guard around the barracks, especially now that they are not far from Daning, Huadang's Duoyan guard cavalry has not shown up, so Zhengde estimates that the other party is likely to be in the next few days. Appeared suddenly, and Duoyanwei's army was far less than his own army, so if the opponent wanted to win, he could only use a sneak attack.

Zhengde was very excited tonight and informed the whole battalion to hold another wrestling match. Anyone who is a master wrestler in the battalion can participate. However, although there are 7 people in Zhengde's army, there are only more than 20 people who actually signed up for the competition. It's not that the soldiers are not active, but after the previous wrestling matches, the wrestling masters in the entire barracks have been revealed, and most of the remaining people have self-knowledge, knowing that they were also thrown by others, so Don't make a fool of yourself.

These 20 people are all top wrestlers in the army, and there is not much difference between them. However, due to the influence of marching during the day, some people's physical strength is better, and some people are worse. These not only depend on personal physical fitness, but also It also depends on luck and the type of arms. For example, compared with infantry, cavalry can definitely retain more stamina. If they are both cavalry, some cavalry don't have to run too far today, while some scouts have to run back and forth, which naturally consumes a lot.

It is precisely because of this that being able to win a wrestling match not only depends on skills and physical fitness, but also depends on one's own luck. However, it is the uncertainty of this result that makes wrestling matches more attractive. Tens of thousands of people surrounded it. This was because some soldiers had to be on duty, and some soldiers had to prepare to prevent others from sneaking up on them, so they couldn't come to watch, otherwise there would be more people.

In the end, the one who won the wrestling competition was a cavalry soldier from Ningxia. His name was Qiao Er. Although he was not tall, he was extremely strong. He could be seen as a warrior at first glance. Zhengde liked this kind of person the most, so Not only did he personally give him a roast sheep, but he also promoted him to be his personal guard. Not from ear to ear, he thought of saluting Zhengde and thanking Zhengde after being reminded by others, and then tore up the roasted sheep with his arms. He almost swallowed the whole head of sheep by himself, and finally won Zhengde's applause again.

But when Zhengde was having fun with the army in the barracks, in a mountain depression more than ten miles away from their barracks, there was a Mongolian cavalry quietly waiting for an opportunity.